Dr Hari Singh Nalwa

Dr Hari Singh Nalwa

Dr. Hari Singh Nalwa is the President & CEO of American Scientific Publishers (www.aspbs.com) based in Los Angeles, California, USA which he founded in 2000. He belongs to Soop village of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh (UP). He is a citizen of the United States of America.

Founder, President and CEO - American Scientific Publishers (www.aspbs.com)

Dr. Nalwa is the Founder, President and CEO of American Scientific Publishers (www.aspbs.com) located in Los Angeles, California, USA. He played a critical role in promoting and defining the field of nanotechnology and is one of the world's leading experts in this research field. He is distinguished around the world as a scientist, businessman, publisher, prolific author, and editor after three decades of vigorous work and dedication.

Early Life

Dr. Nalwa was born into a Jat (Indo-Aryan) farmer family in a remote village Soop of the Meerut District in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Both of his parents (father: Kadam Singh and mother: Sukh Devi) were illiterate. He was born with the name “Hari Singh.” In high school, his school principal advised and encouraged him to add “Nalwa” (which means tiger) in the end of his name, adapted from the great legendary Hari Singh Nalwa (1791–1837), Commander-in-Chief of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army of the Sikh Empire. His original last name is “Tomar”, therefore, his full name should be “Hari Singh Tomar” (where Tomar is his clan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomar_clan). He received his earlier education from 6th to 12th grade at the Gandhi Vidya Nikaten College Budhpur-Ramala Meerut. In high school (10th grade), he received 30th position in UP Board examination for which he was awarded "National Merit Scholarship".

Education

Dr. Nalwa received his PhD degree in materials science/polymer science from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT) at New Delhi in 1983, a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Organic Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Roorkee in 1977 and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in bio-sciences (chemistry, zoology, and botany) from the Meerut University in 1974. His PhD thesis research focused on the electrical conductivity, dielectric properties, thermally stimulated depolarization (TSD) currents, ferroelectric/pyroelectric properties of macromolecular systems including thiourea-based polymers and metallophthalocyanines. Since then, his research activities and professional career have been devoted to the studies of electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic materials.

Career

Dr. Nalwa started his career as a guest scientist at the Hahn Meitner Institute (HMI) in West Berlin, West Germany (1983–1984), and thereafter moved to the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California (1984–1987) as a research associate. After a three-year stay at USC, he moved to the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo (1987–1988) to work in the field of nonlinear optics. In 1988, he joined the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Tokyo, Japan, as a lecturer/assistant professor where he researched conducting polymers and organic materials for second-order nonlinear optics and taught classes (1988–1990). In October 1990, he joined Hitachi Research Laboratory (Omika-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki), Hitachi Ltd., Japan (1990–1999), as a staff scientist. He was the first foreigner ever to have a permanent job at Hitachi Ltd. While working at Hitachi Ltd., he was concurrently an honorary visiting professor at IIT Delhi. He resigned from Hitachi Ltd. in 1999 and returned to the United States to provide his children an American education. He worked as the head of department and R&D manager at Ciba Specialty Chemical Corporation (Ciba-Geigy, Switzerland) in Los Angeles, California for a year (1999-2000), thereafter, he resigned to start his own business entitled "American Scientific Publishers" (www.aspbs.com) focused on nanotechnology.

Scientific Contributions

Dr. Nalwa’s research experience includes ferroelectric polymers, electrically conducting polymers, polymer electrets, nonlinear optical materials for integrated optics, ab initio calculations, electroluminescent materials, low and high dielectric constant materials for microelectronics packaging, organic semiconductors, nanocrystalline and nanostructured materials, Langmuir-Blodgett films, high-temperature resistant polymer composites, epoxy-based photopolymers, rapid modeling, and stereolithography. He has made outstanding contributions to a wide spectrum of research areas from polymer science to materials science to nanotechnology and published many outstanding research papers and books. The "Handbook of Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices", 10-Volume Set edited by Dr. Nalwa was published by Academic Press in 2001 and then Handbook of Organic Electronics and Photonics, 3-Volume Set edited by Dr. H. S. Nalwa was published by American Scientific Publishers in 2008.

(1) Nanotechnology: In 1992, in a collaboration between Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., and Research Institute for Polymers and Textiles at Tsukuba Science City in Ibaraki, Japan, Dr. Nalwa worked for one year on the synthesis of nano/microcrystals of organic conjugated chromophores. This was the first exposure of Dr. Nalwa to nanostructured materials/nanotechnology when only a handful of scientists around the world were involved in this nascent field of nanotechnology. Thereafter, he has published many outstanding major-reference books, encyclopedias, and review articles focused on emerging new aspects of nanotechnology including toxicological impact of nanoparticles on human health and the environment, applications of nanotechnology in cancer diagnosis and therapy, nano-energy, applications of biomaterials in nanobiotechnology, soft nanomaterials, and nanodrugs, etc. Dr. Nalwa has edited 60 books in the field of nanotechnology. The "Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology" (5 Volumes, Academic Press, San Diego, 2000) edited by Dr. Nalwa, was the first multi-volume handbook ever published in the field of nanotechnology. Likely, the "Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (30 Volumes, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, edited by Dr. Nalwa, is the one and only such major landmark reference work in the world.

(2) Ferroelectric and Conducting Polymers: Dr. Nalwa has worked on a variety of electrically conducting polymers including polyacetylene, poly(diacetylene), polypyrrole, polythiophene, polyfuran, polyaniline, and heteroaromatic ladder polymers, their copolymers, and their-based composites. The "Handbook of Organic Conductive Molecules and Polymers" (4-Volume Set, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997) edited by Dr. Nalwa, is a major reference source that has received much attention from researchers and professionals working in the field of conducting polymers. Also "Ferroelectric Polymers: Chemistry, Physics and Applications" (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1995) edited by H. S. Nalwa is one of the top notch references in the field of ferroelectric polymers.

(3) Nonlinear Optics: Dr. Nalwa worked for over a decade in the field of nonlinear optics (NLO), focused on the synthesis, characterization, ab initio calculations, and study of second- and third-order NLO properties of organic materials, including aromatic polyureas, polyazine, polythiophene, porphyrazine, metallophthalocyanine, and naphthalocyanine derivatives. The book entitled "Nonlinear Optics of Organic Molecules and Polymers", edited by H. S. Nalwa and S. Miyata, published by CRC Press in 1997, is one of the top reference sources in this research field.

(4) Solar Cells and Sensors: Dr. Nalwa expertise also includes two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials including graphene and transitional metal dichalcogenide (TMD)-based bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), flexible graphene-based gas, chemical, and biosensors for wearable technologies and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) based ultra-broadband, self-powered and flexible photodetectors for applications in energy, healthcare, surveillance, and other industries. In addition to several outstanding research articles, E. Singh and H. S. Nalwa, also published a book entitled "Nanomaterial-Based Flexible and Multifunctional Sensors" (American Scientific Publishers, 2019) in this research field.

Research Publications and Books

Working for over 35 years, Dr. Nalwa has authored/edited 125 science and technology books, 26 book chapters, 170+ scientific articles, and 18 patents (Hitachi Ltd., Japan) in the fields of nanotechnology, materials science and polymer science mainly focused on functional electronic and photonic materials and their-based device applications. Dr. Nalwa is an international authority and an expert in the field of nanotechnology, who has written/edited 125 volumes of books for the scientific community, and he is one of the most cited scientists in the world. His great reputation in the scientific community is evident by a long list of research publications, multivolume scientific books and encyclopedias that he has published in crossdisciplinary research areas of nanotechnology, materials science, polymer science, biological sciences, chemistry, and physics.

125 Science and Technology Books

(1) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Ferroelectric Polymers: Chemistry, Physics and Applications (Marcel Dekker, New York, USA, 1995)

(2) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Organic Conductive Molecules and Polymers, 4-Volume Set (John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA, 1997)

Volume 1: Charge Transfer Salts, Fullerenes and Photoconductors

Volume 2: Conductive Polymers-Synthesis and Electrical Properties

Volume 3: Conductive Polymers-Spectroscopy and Physical Properties

Volume 4: Conductive Polymers-Transport, Photophysics and Applications

(3) H. S. Nalwa and S. Miyata (Editors), Nonlinear Optics of Organic Molecules and Polymers (CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 1997)

(4) S. Miyata and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Organic Electroluminescent Materials and Devices (Gordon & Breach, Switzerland, 1997)

(5) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Low and High Dielectric Constant Materials and Their Applications, 2-Volume Set (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 1999)

Volume 1: Materials and Processing

Volume 2: Phenomena, Properties and Applications

(6) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology, 5-Volume Set (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 1999)

FOREWORD by: Professor George Olah, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (University of Southern California, USA)

Volume 1: Synthesis and Processing

Volume 2: Spectroscopy and Theory

Volume 3: Electronic Properties

Volume 4: Optical Properties

Volume 5: Organics, Polymers and Biological Materials

(7) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices, 10-Volume Set (Academic Press, San Diego, 2000)

FOREWORD by: Professor Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (Harvard University, USA)

Volume 1: Semiconductors

Volume 2: Semiconductor Devices

Volume 3: High-Tc Superconductors and Organic Conductors

Volume 4: Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics

Volume 5: Chalcogenide Glasses and Sol-Gel Materials

Volume 6: Nanostructured Materials

Volume 7: Liquid Crystals, Display and Laser Materials

Volume 8: Conducting Polymers

Volume 9: Nonlinear Optical Materials

Volume 10: Light-Emitting Diodes, Lithium Batteries and Polymer Devices

(8) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Thin Films Materials, 5-Volume Set (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2001)

Volume 1: Deposition and Processing of Thin Films

Volume 2: Characterization and Spectroscopy of Thin Films

Volume 3: Ferroelectric and Dielectric Thin Films

Volume 4: Semiconductor and Superconductor Thin Films

Volume 5: Nanomateials and Magnetic Thin Films

(9) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Surfaces and Interfaces of Materials, 5-Volume Set (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2001)

Volume 1: Surface and Interface Phenomena

Volume 2: Surface and Interface Analysis and Properties

Volume 3: Nanostructured Mateials, Micelles and Colloids

Volume 4: Solid Thin Films and Layers

Volume 5: Biomolecules, Biointerfaces and Applications

(10) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Advanced Functional Molecules and Polymers, 4-Volume Set (Gordon & Breach, Switzerland, 2001)

Volume 1: Synthesis

Volume 2: Processing and Spectroscopy

Volume 3: Electronic and Photonic Properties

Volume 4: Physical Properties and Applications

(11) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Silicon-Based Materials and Devices, 2-Volume Set (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2001)

(12) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Photodetectors and Fiber Optics (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2001)

(13) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Supramolecular Photosensitive and Electroactive Materials (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2001)

(14) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Semiconductors and Semimetals, Vol. 73 (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2001)

(15) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Advances in Surface Science, Vol. 38 (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2001)

(16) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology - Concise Edition (Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 2002)

(17) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Magnetic Nanostructures, First Edition (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2002)

(18) S. K. Tripathy, J. Kumar, and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Handbook of Polyelectrolytes and Their Applications, 3-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, 2002)

FOREWORD by: Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Volume 1: Polyelectrolyte-Based Multilayers, Self-Assemblies and Nanostructures

Volume 2: Polyelectrolytes, Their Characterization and Polyelectrolyte Solutions

Volume 3: Applications of Polyelectrolytes and Theoretical Models

(19) H. S. Nalwa and L. S. Rohwer (Editors), Handbook of Luminescence, Display Materials and Devices, 3-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2003)

FOREWORD by: Professor Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (University of California Santa Barbara, USA)

Volume 1: Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

Volume 2: Inorganic Display Materials

Volume 3: Display Devices

(20) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 4-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2003)

FOREWORD by: Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (University of Louis Pasteur, France)

Volume 1: Inorganic Photochemistry

Volume 2: Organic Photochemistry

Volume 3: Supramolecular Photochemistry

Volume 4: Photobiology

(21) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials and Nanocomposites, 2-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2003)

Volume 1: Nanocomposites

Volume 2: Hybrid Materials

(22) S. Bandopadhyay and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Quantum Dots and Nanowires (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2003)

(23) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Nanoclusters and Nanocrystals (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2003)

(24) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Polymer Optical Fibers (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2004)

(25) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volumes 1-10 (10-Volume Set),(American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2004)

FOREWORD by: Professor Richard E. Smalley, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (Rice University, USA)

419 Chapters are organized in an alphabetical order (A-Z format) by title (ca. 1,000 Authors, 7500 Figures, 800 Tables, 80,000 Bibliographic citations, 10,000 pages)

Volume 1: A-Ch (Aligned Carbon Nanotubes - Chiral Macromolecules)

Volume 2: Cl-E (Cluster-Assembled Nanostructured Carbon - Electrodeposited Nanogranular Magnetic Cobalt Alloys)

Volume 3: El-H (Electromagnetism in Nanogranular Metal Oxides - Hybrid Solar Cells)

Volume 4: Hy-M (Hydrogen and Oxygen Interaction with Carbon Nanotubes - Magnetoimpedance in Nanocrystalline Alloys)

Volume 5: Mag-Mu (Magnetostrictive Nanomaterials for Sensors - Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes)

Volume 6: Nano A-M (Nanoanalysis of Biomaterials - Nanomaterials for Discotic Liquid Crystals)

Volume 7: Nano Me-T (Nanomechanical Properties by Nanoindentation - Nanotubes for Nanoelectronics)

Volume 8: Ne-P (Near-Field Optical Properties of Nanostructures - Polymeric Nanoparticles)

Volume 9: Po-S (Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug and Gene Delivery - Sliding, Rotation, and Rolling of Nanoparticles)

Volume 10: So-Z (Soft and Hard Magnetic Nanomaterials - Zinc Oxide Nanostructures)

(26) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volumes 11-25 (15-Volume Set), (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2011)

300 Chapters are organized in an alphabetical order (A-Z format) by title (ca. 900 Authors, 6600 Figures, 600 Tables, 60,000 Bibliographic citations)

Volume 11: A-Bi (3D Helical Nanomaterials - Biofunctionalization of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Helical Polymers)

Volume 12: Bi-De (Biological Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles - Designing Nanocarbons..)

Volume 13: De-El (Development of Functional Fluorescent Molecular Probes - Electrospun Nanofibers..)

Volume 14: En-Ga (Encasulation of Water Clusters in Nanomateric Cavities - Gallium Nitride Nanowires)

Volume 15: Gi-Li (Giant Magnetoimpedance for Biosensing - Liquid Nanoparticles..)

Volume 16: Lu-Na (Luminescent Silicon Nanoclusters.. - Nanocomposites of Conducting Polymers & Carbon Nanotubes)

Volume 17: Nano C-M (Nanocomposites of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers - Nanomaterials for Biosensor..)

Volume 18: Nano M-S (Nanomaterials for Coating Applications - Nanostructured Dielectric Materials)

Volume 19: Nano Nu (Nanostructured Materials by High -Energy Ball Milling - Numerical Study of Quantum Transport in Carbon Nanotube-Based Transistors)

Volume 20: To-Ph (One-Dimensional Nanomaterials from Organics - Photonic Crystal Defect-Mode Microcavity Lasers and Infrared Sensors)

Volume 21: Ph-Pu (Physical Properties of Nanomaterials - Purification and Characterization of Fullerene Nanomaterials)

Volume 22: Q-Se (Quantum Devices - Self-Assembly Patterning of Particles)

Volume 23: Se-Su (Self-Organized Mesopatterning of Thin Polymer Films - Supramolecular Fullerenes)

Volume 24: Su-To (Supramolecular Pharmaceutical Matrices for Photosensitive Drugs - Toxicity of Commercially Used Nanoparticles)

Volume 25: Tr-Z (Translation Applications of Nanotechnology - ZnO-Based Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors for Spintronics Applications)

(27) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volumes 26-30 (5-Volume Set), (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2019)

99 Chapters are organized in an alphabetical order (A-Z format) by title (2596 Figures, 369 Tables, 24,441 Bibliographic citations)

Volume 26: A-Bi (A Roadmap for the International Standardization of Nanobiotechnology - Biosynthetic Methods for Inorganic Nanoparticles..)

Volume 27: Bu-H (Buckling of Nanotubes.. - Hybrid Nanoparticles for Cancer Theranostic)

Volume 28: I-Na (Immobilization of Enzymes on Magnetic Nanoparticles - Nanoparticles in Anticancer Drug Delivery)

Volume 29: Na-Se (Nanoparticles in Clinical Research.. - Selenium Nanoparticles and Their Applications)

Volume 30: Si-Z (Silica Aerogels.. - ZnO Nanosructure-Based Devices for Electronic and Photonic Applications)

(28) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Nanostructured Biomaterials and Their Applications in Nanobiotechnology, 2-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, 2005)

Volume 1: Biomaterials

Volume 2: Applications in Nanobiotechnology

(29) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Polymeric Nanostructures and Their Applications, 2-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2007)

Volume 1: Polymer Nanostructures

Volume 2: Applications

(30) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Handbook of Organic Electronics and Photonics, 3-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2008)

Volume 1: Electronic Materials and Devices

Volume 2: Photonic Materials and Devices

Volume 3: Electronic and Photonic Devices

(31) H. S. Nalwa and T. J. Webster (Editors), Cancer Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2008)

(32) Y. L. Zhao and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Nanotoxicology: Interactions of Nanomaterials with Biological Systems (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2008)

(33) Y. Lin and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Handbook of Electrochemical Nanotechnology, 2-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

Volume 1: Nanomaterials

Volume 2: Applications

(34) K. Ariga and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Bottom-up Nanofabrication: Supramolecules, Self-Assembly and Organized Films, 6-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

Volume 1: Supramolecules-I

Volume 2: Supramolecules-II

Volume 3: Self-Assemblies-I

Volume 4: Self-Assemblies-II

Volume 5: Organized Films

Volume 6: Applications

(35) T. Y. Tseng and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Handbook of Nanoceramics and Their Based Nanodevices, 5-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

Volume 1: Synthesis and Processing

Volume 2: Nanocomposites

Volume 3: Characterization and Properties

Volume 4: Electronic Applications

Volume 5: Sensors, Fuel Cells and Biomedical Applications

(36) N. He and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Biochips Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

(37) A. K. Mohanty, M. Misra, and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Packaging Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

(38) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Magnetic Nanostructures, Second Edition (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

(39) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Soft Nanomaterials, 2-Volume Set (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

(40) H. S. Nalwa (Editor), Nanomaterials for Energy Applications (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2009)

(41) E. Singh and H. S. Nalwa (Editors), Nanomaterial-Based Flexible and Multifunctional Sensors (American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, USA, 2019)

and more ........

30-Volume Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

The World's first Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10-Volume Set (www.aspbs.com/enn) edited by Hari Singh Nalwa, Foreword by Professor Richard E. Smalley, Nobel Prize Laureate, Endorsed by Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize Laureate) published by American Scientific Publishers (www.aspbs.com) received the "2005 Best Reference Work Award" of the American Society for Engineering Education (USA) and was also selected as the "2005 Outstanding Academic Title" by the CHOICE magazine from the American Library Association (USA).

This was the first encyclopedia ever published in the field of nanotechnology. Again, 15 more volumes of the Encylopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology edited by Dr. Nalwa were published in 2011. With the addition of 5 new volumes (volumes 26–30) in 2019, the entire 30-volume set now contains the largest number of review chapters ever published in the field of nanotechnology. This 30-volume encyclopedia contains over 800 state-of-the-art review chapters organized in an A–Z format to provide complete coverage of advanced research in all nanotechnology-related fields such as chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, and medicine. The review chapters are contributed by over 3,000 of the world’s leading scientists from top-notch academic and industrial institutions worldwide. This 30-volume encyclopedia now contains over 800 review chapters including 175,400 bibliographic citations and thousands of illustrations, figures, tables, and equations covering nearly 28,000 pages. There is no match for this landmark 30-volume major reference work, as this is the only encyclopedia of this size in the world in the field of nanotechnology.

Endorsements

(1) "The Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is the world's first single most comprehensive reference source ever published in the field of nanotechnology. This encyclopedia is an indispensable source for any research professional as well as for technology investors and developers seeking up-to-date information on the nanotechnology among a wide range of disciplines from science to engineering to medicine. It should inspire future generations of academic and industrial researchers who endeavor to develop new nanoscale materials and devices."

Professor Richard E. Smalley, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry

(2) "In view of the great interest that Nanoscience and Nanotechnology are attracting, the rapid development they are experiencing and of the profound impact they will have, an Encyclopedia covering this field is most welcome. It should become a source of inspiration as well as of information for a very wide range of scientists."

Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry

(3) "American Scientific Publisher's Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is an excellent scientific encyclopedia. It provides an excellent breath and depth of information that is particularly suited to benefit a broad spectrum of non-professional and professional researchers...it is an excellent set that should provide sound information for several years to come."

Alice Trussell, Director, Kansas State University Fiedler Engineering Library, USA, E-STREAMS Vol. 7, September 2004

Editor-in-Chief and Scholarly Activities

Dr. Nalwa is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (www.aspbs.com/jnn), Advanced Science Letters (www.aspbs.com/science), and Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine (www.aspbs.com/asem). He is well known throughout scientific community for his monumental editorial work on "Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology" (5-Volume Set, Academic Press, San Diego, USA, 1999) which received the "Award of Excellence" from the Association of American Publishers. After the publication of this multivolume handbook, he started the most ambitious publication project of the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in summer 2000 to bring the World's first encyclopedia in the field of nanotechnology.

Dr. Nalwa has been a referee for many international journals that includes Journal of American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Photonics, ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, ACS Omega, ACS Sensors, Chemistry of Materials, Langmuir, Advanced Materials, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, Chemical Physics, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Advanced Materials Technologies, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Carbon, Materials Today, Diamond & Related Materials, Journal of Materials Science, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Synthetic Metals, Journal of Polymer Science, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Applied Materials Today, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Photonics Technology Letters, Bioconjugate Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Applied Surface Science, Energy & Fuels, Chemical Engineering Journal, Electrocatalysis, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, ChemPlusChem, Nano-Micro Letters, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, RSC Advances, Composite Structures, Composites Part B, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Materialia, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, Optical Materials, Chemical Physics Letters, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Journal of Macromolecular Science-Physics, Applied Physics, Materials Research Bulletin, Optical Communications, Nano Research, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.

Dr. Nalwa is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines published by John Wiley (1997-2000). He has served on the editorial board of Journal of Macromolecular Science-Physics, Applied Organometallic Chemistry (1993-1999), International Journal of Photoenergy, and Photonics Science News.

Dr. Nalwa helped organize the First International Symposium on the Crystal Growth of Organic Materials (Tokyo,1989) and the Second International Symposium on Phthalocyanines (Edinburgh,1998) under the auspices of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He also proposed a the first conference on porphyrins and phthalocyanines to the scientific community that, in part, was intended to promote public awareness of the Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, which he founded in 1996 and remained the Editor-in-Chief until December 2000. As a member of the organizing committee, he helped effectuate the First International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, which was held in Dijon, France in 2000. He was on the organizing committee of the BioMEMS and Smart Nanostructures, (December 17 19, 2001, Adelaide, Australia).

Scholarships

Dr. Nalwa has been awarded a number of prestigious fellowships;

(1) National Merit Scholarship – Government of India (1970-1974)

(2) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Fellowship – India (1978-1982),

(3) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Senior Fellowship – India (1982-1983)

(4) Japan NEC Fellowship (1988-1990)

(5) Japanese Government Science & Technology Agency Fellowship (1988-1990).

Awards and Recognition

Dr. Nalwa received a number of awards and scholarly recognitions for his outstanding work.

(1) "Award of Excellence" from the Association of American Publishers (USA)

(2) "2005 Best Reference Work Award" from the American Society for Engineering Education (USA)

(3) "2005 Outstanding Academic Title" by CHOICE magazine from the American Library Association (USA)

(4) "Who’s Who in America"

(5) "Who’s Who in Science and Engineering"

(6) "Who’s Who in the World", "Dictionary of International Biography"

(7) "Top 100 Scientists-2008" (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England).

(8) "2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century Order of Excellence" (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England).

External Links

(1) Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yAmql3MAAAAJ

(2) ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8867-918X

(3) ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hari-Singh-Nalwa

(4) Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-hari-singh-nalwa-4257b227

(5) Academia https://independent.academia.edu/HariSinghNalwa

(6) The Nano Man from India: In Celebration of the 60th Birthday of Dr. Hari Singh Nalwa https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/asp/jnn/2014/00000014/00000001/art00001

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